Ombre Furniture For A Floral, Fashion and Fauna Bedroom

Ombre, in French, means shade or shadow. In our house it means

– Please don’t move that drawer it needs to stay with the Number 5 drawers

– Taquito don’t walk thru there, you just knocked over all the Number 2 drawers

– Who was in charge of numbering, I cannot read your handwriting?!

But all that being said (and a few other words I’ll leave off) let me share how all the drawers were painted at Amory’s request of ombre furniture.

In true fifth sparrow fashion we acquired several pieces in the same style that friends were getting rid of. And set out to “fifth sparrow no more” it to create ombre furniture for this floral, fashion and fauna room.

• For this look use Dixie Belle Desert Rose Silk Mineral Paint
• Pristine Clean
• For this look use Dixie Belle White Cap Silk Mineral Paint
• Medium Containers to hold paint mixes like these
• One brush for every color you create
• Measuring Cups (you won’t be able to use these again for food!)

Mix Your Ombre Shades

Since I had five drawers on my largest piece I created five shades of paint ranging from the original color to a nearly white. These are my mixes –

1st drawer – 6 ounces of White Cap and a drop of Desert Rose

2nd drawer – 2 ounces (1/4 cup) of Desert Rose and 6 ounces (3/4 cup) of White Cap

3rd drawer – 6 ounces (3/4 cup) of Drawer 4 color and 2 ounces (1/4 cup) of White Cap

4th drawer – 6 ounces (3/4 cup) of Desert Rose and 6 ounces (3/4 cup) of White Cap

5th drawer – 6 ounces (3/4 cup) of Desert Rose

Group Drawers

I grouped the drawers of all the furniture into what needed to be painted the same color. For example the 5th drawer color group had the bottom drawer of the dresser and sewing machine table in it.

Paint Drawers

I not only grouped the drawers but marked them on the bottom with a crayon so I would know exactly shade of paint and where it needed to go back into the furniture piece.

This is the nearly finished painted dresser so you’re able to see the ombre effect in full effect!

The bed for this floral fashion and fauna bedroom was a bed fit for a queen! With a very tall headboard and its “ruffle” edge it was the perfect bed for this room.

The bed was cleaned, prepped and painted with Dixie Belle’s Silk Mineral paint in White Cap. I mixed together Dixie Belle’s Moonshine Metallics – Wedding Belle and Dixie Belle Gemstone Mousse in Golden Gem to paint the “ruffle” along the edge of the headboard.

I created a gallery wall of vintage vogue covers and paper dolls cut out and framed in shadow boxes. The pictures were laid out on the floor (you can see more of method here) and I decided how they would hang. Then I hung them on the wall.

Underneath this gallery wall of fashion I framed vintage patterns and created a small vignette of sewing notions, books and a pattern box.

Pin this post to Pinterest to help you remember the ombre formula and ideas for your sewing and fashion décor – hover over any picture to save it to your account. So easy!